A steady stream of people took advantage of Nunavut's mass vaccination campaign against swine flu, which began Sunday in Iqaluit.

As the swine flu spreads across the nation public health officials are pleading with the ill to stay home until the fever goes away.

A small plane crashed south of Blodgett, Missouri Saturday. Robbie Rollins and Paul Fisher, both of the Cape Girardeau area, died in the crash.

A mid-Missouri crash has left two people dead. The Jefferson City Police Department says the crash happened around 1:20 a.m. Saturday in southern Callaway County.

A 29-year-old man from Herrin in southern Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's toddler in 2006.

Darrell Moody I've lived in Nevada for six years, and I'm still trying to figure out why football games are scheduled for Thursday night instead of Friday or Saturday on the last week season.When I asked around the education community

Joe Santoro RENO-The Nevada Wolf Pack football team put a silencer on its Pistol offense Saturday at Mackay Stadium."If you would have asked, 'What do you think you rushed for today?' I would have said it was 185-190 yards," head

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction - a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian

Staff Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of setting a small fire at the temporary home for the remains of thousands of World Trade Center victims, police said.Police announced the arrest nearly 12 hours

Staff Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring

Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia transit system's largest union agreed Saturday not to go on strike as contract talks continued hours before the start of Game 3 of the World Series, Pennsylvania's governor and the city's mayor said.Gov.

Joey Crandall The Douglas girls' soccer team dominated every aspect of its first-round playoff game Saturday morning.But, through the first 70 minutes, the Tigers had nothing to show for it.That all changed with a late - and long - clear

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A typhoon has battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people and sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops to

By PAULINE ARRILLAGA AP National Writer RICHMOND, Va (AP) - The doctor doesn't look like much of a crusader, bent over the frail frame of 90-year-old Alberta Scott.He has a lavender stethoscope strung round his neck and some serious bedside

Williams makes return visit to Aces' World Series partyThomas Ranson With one swing of the bat, Matt Williams convinced a scout that he was ready for the Big Leagues."I was at Moana Stadium watching UNLV and UNR play. Matt made

Staff Writer ISLAMABAD (AP) - Security forces battling pockets of resistance in a Taliban stronghold in a mountainous tribal region killed at least seven militants Sunday and injured several more, officials said.The fighting took place in the village of Kaniguram,

Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency will provide 24-hour train service because of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge closure.BART announced the plans Saturday afternoon because the state Transportation Department could not say whether the

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) - Crews will search the Pacific's chilly waters overnight for nine people lost two days ago when a Marine Corps helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard plane crashed in midair, though

Justin Lawson For three weeks every member of the Dayton football team has said they didn't want to face top-seeded Truckee. After all, the Dust Devils were already whipped once by the Wolverines and were hoping for an easier route

Staff Writer RENO, Nev (AP) - Eighteen months later, Nevada Republicans have completed a count of all delegate ballots from last year's state convention.A group of disaffected Republicans says it feels vindicated after a Friday night count of missing ballots